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In October last year Apple announced that they will be supporting its mobile payment service with the United States’ three biggest credit card providers — Visa, MasterCard and American Express — leaving Discover in the dust. Luckily, Discover made a huge announcement saying that they will be bringing support for Apple Pay to iPhone 6, iPhone 6 Plus and Apple Watch customers this fall.

Discover will be joining the nations four major credit card networks in the Apple Pay initiative in the United States. The media release reads, “As part of the agreement, Discover Network will enable eligible financial institutions, including Discover Debit issuers, to let their card holders use Apple Pay.”

As a Discover cardholder, you’ll still receive all of the typical benefits including, including Cashback bonus and the Freeze It security tool. Continue reading this post ->

As it stands, Apple Pay is currently only available in the United States. Though, you can use Apple Pay outside of the US, a supported US credit or debit card is required. CNBC tweeted out on Friday, based on a report by Dow Jones, Apple is looking to bring its mobile payment system to Canada in the fall.

The Cupertino company is currently looking into the six major banks in Canada, bringing Apple Pay to the country in November, taking its first trip outside of the United States. After the initial tweet by CNBC, the Wall Street Journal expanded on the story. “At this stage, it is still uncertain whether all six banks will launch Apple Pay at the same time because talks are ongoing,” says sources who relayed the information to WSJ.

The story goes on to say that Royal Bank of Canada, Toronto-Dominion Bank, Bank of Nova Scotia, Bank of Montreal, Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce and National Bank of Canada are the potential candidates for Apple’s NFC based mobile payment system in Canada.

These six banks make up for ninety precent of retail bank accounts in Canada. Apple’s biggest advantage being the majority of merchant terminals in the country are NFC compatible, which is required for Apple Pay to work.

Although talks are going on, banks “aren’t happy with Apple’s fee proposals” and are concerned about potential security breaches with the service, saying customers could potentially take stolen credit cards and put them into Apple Pay. Continue reading this post ->

Ever since the original iPhone it’s safe to say that drop test videos are one of the most exciting things about a new release of a smartphone. This time around, the iPhone 6 and recently-released Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge are put in a head to head test to see which is more durable. While we won’t spoil it for you, the entire video is worth a watch despite it being a little bit on the long side.

The iPhone 5c wasn’t really all that popular, and you have to admit, it was essentially an iPhone 5 with a plastic, color back. That said, it looks like that still may continue thanks to a series of photos leaked by Future Supplier shows the possibility of the alleged next-generation iPhone 6c.

The images resembles the current-generation iPhone 5c which includes a single unibody piece of plastic with cutouts for the iSight camera, flash, headphone jacks, speakers and lighting cable. The biggest difference is the leaked iPhone 6c images have a more oval-like shape, similar to the iPhone 5s with dual-tone flash. The design also takes cues from the current generation iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus. With a single row speaker grill and a single microphone cut out at the bottom.

The images also detail the possibility of a revamped 4-inch iPhone. With the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus, Apple got rid of it’s ‘legacy’ 4-inch devices in favor of 4.7 and 5.5-inch devices. Though, I’d take the report with a grain of salt. The Chinese market is known for making knock-off devices. This leak may possibly be a knockoff device that may never come to market.

The iPhone 6c — just like the iPhone 5c — will use last generation technology. As the next-generation iPhones come out, the iPhone 6c will contain an A8 processor, NFC technology, and a touch ID sensor. The device will cost between $400 and $500. Taking place of the iPhone 4s, iPhone 5c, and iPhone 5s this upcoming fall, the device will become Apple’s new entry-level iPhone. Continue reading this post ->

Apple Pay may only be available in the US, but it doesn’t mean the company isn’t planning to bring the mobile payment system around the globe. On Monday, CultOfMac reported that Apple officials are in talks with the Bank of Brazil, Bradesco, and Itaú to support Apple Pay and launch the product at retailers in the nation. The report goes on to say that 80 percent of the nations two biggest POS suppliers have NFC (near field communication), which is a necessary component for the Apple Pay service.

Apple Pay’s rollout in the US hasn’t been the greatest (considering the majority of the US hasn’t switched over to NFC based payments), but that didn’t stop Apple CEO Tim Cook. Recent rumors also say Apple is looking to also bring its service to China.

Apple Pay was originally launched in October 2014 and has seen a steady growth in the US market share. How often do you use Apple Pay? Continue reading this post ->